Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-03

Eorests-An Alleged insurance agent
Vtctimizes the People of TAlbottou-
Morgan County's Inventive Genius
Success of the Atlanta Granite Com
pRny.
GEORGIA.
Jackson court convenes next week.
Glynn Superior Court meets next week.
The school house at Rockalo has been
burned.
Berrien county is happy and prosperous
without whisky.
A postal route will soon be established
between Franklin and Omaha, Ala. -.
2. j. Shore speaks of erecting a spoke,
handle and barrel factory at Corneha.
A gentleman from Greenville, S. O., is
In Coruelia with view Of establishing
tannery there.
Eight hundred and eighty dollars has
been subscribed 20 the DR.. Blaine monu-
mental fund at Bruins wick,
W. |. Lowry is selling out his entire
stock OF goods at Athens and will move
back to Summerville, S. c., his former
home.
AT Augusta Monday two oarroOm keep
ers were fined SOL 80 each for keeping
open the bars and selling liquor on last
Sunday.
$. Ii. Mitchem, of Fairplav, made last
averaging 800 pounds, and corn enough
10 supply him.
The brick store of Mr.. W hitehead, in
Morgan county, was burned Friday
night. The entire stock o. goods wa9
lost. No insurance. lncendiaries.
An attempt was made by an Incendiary
to burn the mouse of Il q. Wilson, a mer-
chant of rugalo. A bed was half CON
sumed wnen the fire was discovered.
The time of holding bernan Superior
Court has been changed from the first
Mondays in April and October to the third
Monday ia March ana The second Monday
in October. ~
Charles Minter, OF Henry county, who
stole horse from John Johnson, " that
county. about niue months ago, and VINO
has eyaded the law ever Since, mas been
arrested at Forsyth.
II. ii. Owen, who has been doing some
marble work in Toccoa, met with a Sc RI
Gus loss Sunday night. HIS house il
Liberty, 5. o., was blown down
and completely ruined.
There ar. three stores in COrnelia, and
they are all doing a good business. This
place vas formerly Rabun Gap junction,
and IS destined 10 be one OF the best bust
neTs points in Northeast Georgia.
Townsville is filling up fast with
Northern visitors. There are now about
1900 there. DIR. Metcalfe, OF New York.
and TbomasVItle's best friend, has rooms
at the Mitchell House for the season.
John Loaky, negro, who was trying
to steal a ride on the cars 10 Augusta last
Sunday, accidentally Tell from the top OF
a car on which he was percned at Rut-
ledge. Drs. McWhOrter aud Spear re
lieved him of one foot aud ankle.
Miss Carrie Scudder, of Shelbyville,
Tenn, sister of Mrs. Bascom Myrick, long
resident of FORSYTH, accidentally shot
herself, on Jan. D, through the body,
which wound produced internal hem
orrhage, from which she died in Rfew
hours. ..tr.
DR.. Hopkins, of Emory College,
preached at the Methodist Church at
Rome Sunday. He is working for the
fund TO endo" the archaeological depart
ment of that institution, aud citizen OF
Rome has promised him 81 900 for that
object.
Invitations are out for the marriage OF
George NJ. Brown, son of Senator Joseph
Z. Brown, 10 Miss Carrie Hoyt, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. $. B. Hoyt. The mar
riage will occur at the Central Presbvte-
rian church at Atlanta on the evening OF
Feb. 10 at $3.50 O'Clock.
W. B. Shapard, a banker Of Opelika,
Ala, brother-in-law of Mr.. Early Bill
lups, of Worth county, reached Albany
Monday and soon afterWard was inter-
nally injured by being thrown from a
buggy by a runaway horse. No serious
results are feared, however.
At Homer Tuesday the remains of Mrs.
Estes and Mrs. Forbes were eXhumed
They had been quietly resting IL the old
Homer graveyard about 80 years. When
the graves were opened only few de-
cayed bones were found, which were in
TERED in the Presbyterian cemetery.
Charles Poker, machinist at the Cen
tral railroad shops at Columbus, was
painfully scalded tuesday afternoon, He
was repairing the injector of an engine
and did not know that it was stea med up |
lie was badly burned on the right arm
and the neck, but his injuries are not dan |
gerous.
While engaged tearing down and re-
moving an outbulldng on the premises of |
Mrs. A. Baum at IrwintOn on WedDes- |
day last, Rev. J. NJ. Kelly was present /
and for while played havoc with rats, |
some OF which were a size smaller than
an ordinary house cat. He succeeded in |
killing slXty-siN.
Although Tuesday was the fret OF Feb
ruary w. u. Adkins, the newly appointed
Postmaster, Gid not enter into HIS duties. |
Postmaster Burnett and his force arc
ready 10 surrender, but the commission Of
Mr.. Adkins has not yet arrived. He SAYS
that he will about be ready to enter into
his new duties this week.
There are now three agricultural so.
eieties in successful operation in Liberty
cOunty-one in Htnesville. one at Taylor's
Creek and one At Hickory Lawn. The
delegates from these societies TO the
Americas Convention are Messrs. A. j.
Hughes, j. w. Lang and s. e. Jones.
They are all going and expect to have
good time.
Mr.. Smedley, Of Liverpool, Eng, is in
Southwest Georgia buying up cedars and
other timbers for the English markets.
lie has contracted with j. C. Simmons
for large quantity of the woods native
TO Georgia forests. He wiz send over In
his next cargo a specimen OF magnolia
wood with view OF finding a demand
Tor 1t.
Allen Wilson, of Morgan county, has
wonderfully inventive brain. Some wears
ago he invented cburn which was in
many respects marvellous and mastery
piece OF workmanship. He has also made
the best cotton planter OF the times, and
very recently he has constructed a sack
fller, which is destined to be one of the
most convenient utensils for mlliers aud
grain dealers that has ever been
imagined.